India have asked the International Tennis Federation to shift their upcoming Davis Cup tie from Pakistan to a neutral venue due to escalating political tensions between the two nations.
The Indian team are scheduled to tour Pakistan's capital Islamabad for the Asia/Oceania Group 1 tie ...

Japan was drawn Thursday against top-seeded France and Serbia in Pool A for November's Davis Cup finals.
The International Tennis Federation's new format for the competition divides 18 teams into six pools. The six winners and the two best second-place teams will advance to the ...

Taro Daniel completed a comeback by Japan in a Davis Cup qualifier with a 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3 win over China's Li Zhe in the final singles match Saturday, securing a 3-2 aggregate victory.
By winning the tie at the Guangdong Olympic Tennis Centre, Japan ...

Japan broke even in its first two singles matches against China on Friday, the first day of the 2019 Davis Cup qualifying round.
Taro Daniel won his match 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 against China's Zhang Ze at the Guangdong Olympic Tennis Centre, while Yoshihito Nishioka suffered ...

Ben McLachlan and Yasutaka Uchiyama defeated Tomislav Brkic and Nerman Fatic in straight sets in the doubles rubber on Saturday as Japan won its Davis Cup World Group playoff against Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-0.
The Japanese duo completed a 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Brkic and Fatic ...

Spain's Rafael Nadal returned to action with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 Davis Cup win over Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber on Friday to set a record for the longest winning streak in the competition's history.
World No. 1 Nadal had not played since he retired from his ...

Fabio Fognini won his third match of the weekend to lift Italy into the Davis Cup semifinals at the expense of Japan on Sunday.
Fognini, ranked 22nd in the world, won his opening singles on Friday in five sets and gave Italy the lead in ...

Italy took a 2-1 advantage over Japan in their Davis Cup World Group first-round tie on Saturday, when Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini defeated Ben McLachlan and Yasutaka Uchiyama in doubles.
After splitting Friday's opening singles matches, Italy gained the upper hand in a 7-5, ...

Japan secured its spot in the top tier of next year's Davis Cup by completing a 3-1 World Group playoff win over Brazil on Monday.
Yuichi Sugita, ranked 42nd in the world, clinched the victory by winning the first reverse singles match, defeating world No. ...

The second day of Japan's Davis Cup World Group playoff against Brazil was called off because of an incoming typhoon, organizers announced on Saturday.
The doubles match between Japan's Yasutaka Uchiyama and Ben McLachlan, and Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares of Brazil had been scheduled ...

Yasutaka Uchiyama scored a consolation win against Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the final reverse singles on Sunday to prevent a whitewash for Japan in its Davis Cup World Group first-round tie against France.
The Japanese team had only pride to play for after France built an ...

Richard Gasquet brushed aside Taro Daniel in straight sets and Gilles Simon routed Yoshihito Nishioka to give France a 2-0 lead over Japan in their Davis Cup World Group first-round tie on Friday.
Gasquet, the world No. 18, was in total control from start to ...